The plane fell from 37,000 to 15,000 feet in seconds with 'sharp turns'.
EgyptAir flight MS804 departed from Charles de Gaulle airport bound for Cairo. He lost contact with him ten miles after entering waters of Egypt. No Spanish is on the passenger list. President Hollande does not rule "by no hypothesis.
MS804 Egyptair flight took off from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris at 23.09 hours with 66 people on board. Three hours later kept his last contact with the Athens control tower before disappearing from radar. What happened? Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, has offered a press conference some facts about those last moments. Also search operation launched around the island of Karpathos, has encontradoa about 50 miles a couple of remains that could belong to the missing plane, as reported by Reuters.
As he reported by the Greek Civil Aviation, the aircraft with flight number MS804 entered Greek airspace at 2.24 local time (11.24 GMT).
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He maintained contact with the control tower in Athens until 2.48 pm (11.48 GMT), where the control tower indicated the path he must take to leave the Greek airspace.
The driver said the commander was happy and thanked her in Greek.
At 27.03 (00.27 GMT), the Athens control tower tried to get back in touch with the aircraft to give exit to the Egyptian airspace. Despite making several calls, the controller received no reply, after which sounded the alarm and the ship was given as missing, Civil Aviation said in a statement.
Kamenos has stated that the ransom signal arrived at 3.37 local time (00.37 GMT) and four minutes later off a C-130 Air Force to start the search operation.
The minister explained that at that time the plane was about 10 to 15 miles into Egyptian airspace, which fell from about 37,000 to about 15,000 feet, and disappeared from radar.
"At 3.39 pm, the path of the plane was in south and south-southeast of the islands of Kassos and Karpathos direction. Immediately after entering the dependent Cairo FIR system, made several turns and descents as describe: 90 degrees left and 360 degrees to the right ", he assured the holder Greek Defence.
Several pilots contacted by Efe showed their surprise at the sudden loss of contact between the crew and the control tower, as well as the fact that the plane had vanished from radar.
In a press conference in Paris, French President Francois Hollande insisted that we should not rule out any hypothesis, including terrorist, adding that, according to the information that France has compiled with Egypt, confirmed "unfortunately, this plane has crashed. "
First remains found on the island of Karpathos
The device aircraft search south of the island of Karpathos has found what could be the first wreckage 50 miles from the location mentioned. All within the area of 230 miles between Crete and the aforementioned island, which is still moving vessels operating in this device (Greek, French, Egyptian and English). Two helicopters are on alert on the island (the closest to the search area Greek terrestrial point).
The Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister has said that so far not found any other aircraft. Chérif Fathy has not ruled out any hypothesis, not a terrorist act or a technical incident. "It's too soon," he noted.
In the search operation involving two aircraft of the Greek air force and there is a submarine ready to take action if necessary.
France has announced it will send a plane Falcon, said the Greek minister, who said he is in touch with his Egyptian counterpart and contact also with France through the respective military aggregates.
